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In the document published by online magazine Key4Biz, Matteo
Orfini also said a public or private Italian investor could
flank Vivendi as a shareholder in TIM, in which the French media
group is the top shareholder with a 24 percent stake.
Orfini, listing a series of scenarios to resolve the ongoing
disputes over TIM's network assets, considered by Rome as
strategic, said Vivendi should be given the opportunity to give
up control of Italy's biggest phone group.
Instead, it should focus on building a European media powerhouse
in partnership with broadcaster Mediaset, in which it has built
a stake of just under 30 percent.
The politician said TIM's network could be separated into a
regulated newco, fully controlled by TIM but legally distinct.
That move, along with a state participation in TIM, could
facilitate a later integration with network rival Open Fiber,
which is jointly controlled by CDP and state-controlled utility
Enel
(Reporting by Giselda Vagnoni, writing by Agnieszka Flak;
editing by Stephen Jewkes)
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